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Ballon d'Or - Wikipedia

Ballon d'Or The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ dɔʁ]; "Golden Ball") is an annual football award presented by French news magazine France Football that is one of the oldest and generally regarded as the most prestigious individual award for football players.[1] It has been awarded since 1956, although between 2010 and 2015, an agreement was made with FIFA, and the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year (founded in 1991) and known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or. However, the partnership ended in 2016, and the award reverted to the Ballon d'Or, while FIFA also reverted to its own separate annual award The Best FIFA Men's Player. The recipients of the joint FIFA Ballon d'Or are considered as winners by both award organisations. Conceived by sports writer Gabriel Hanot, the Ballon d'Or award honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by football journalists, from 1956 to 2006.[2] After 2007, coaches and captains of national teams were also given the right to vote.[2] Originally, it was an award only for players from Europe and widely known as the European Footballer of the Year award. In 1995, the Ballon d'Or was expanded to include all players from any origin that have been active at European clubs.[3][4] The award became a global prize in 2007 with all professional footballers from around the world being eligible.[5]

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Ballon d'Or

Ballon d'Or trophy Date

1956

Country

France

Presented

France Football

by First awarded

1956

Current

Lionel Messi (6th award)

History

holder

Winners Wins by player Wins by country Wins by club

Most awards

See also Notes

(6 awards)

Most

Lionel Messi

nominations

Cristiano Ronaldo (12 times each)

Additional awards Ballon d'Or Dream Team

Lionel Messi

Website

francefootball.fr (https:// www.francefootball.fr/bal lon-d-or/)

References External links

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History Stanley Matthews of Blackpool was the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or.[6] Prior to 2007, the award was generally known as the continental European Footballer of the Year award in English language and much international media. Even after 2007, it was usually identified with and referred to by that name because of its origin as a European award, until it was merged with FIFA's World Player award cementing its new worldwide claim.[7][8][9][10] Milan's George Weah, the only African recipient, became the first non-European to win the award in 1995, the year that rules of eligibility were changed for the first time.[4] Ronaldo of Internazionale became the first South American winner two years later.[4] The second rule change in 2007 to include players from all continents did not bring up new winners, as all recipients since then have still exclusively been active in Europe during their win. Lionel Messi has won the award a record six times while playing for Barcelona, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won five (one with Manchester United and four with Real Madrid). Three players have won the award three times each: Johan Cruyff of Ajax and Barcelona, Michel Platini of Juventus, and Marco van Basten of Milan. With seven awards each, Dutch, German, and Portuguese players have won the most Ballons d'Or. Players from Germany (1972, 1981) and the Netherlands (1988) were the only to take all three top spots in one year, with German (1972) and especially Italian clubs (1988–1990) achieving the same feat, including two years solely made up of AC Milan players (1988, 1989), a unique record until Spanish clubs experienced an unforeseen dominance (2009–2012, 2015, 2016) and Barcelona (2010) became the second club with three top players. Two Spanish clubs, Barcelona and Real Madrid, also lead the ranking for employing the most winners, with twelve and eleven wins.[11] Between 2010 and 2015 inclusive, the award was merged with a similar one, the FIFA World Player of the Year award, to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or, which was awarded to the world's best male player before FIFA and France Football decided not to continue the merging agreement.[12] After 2011, UEFA created the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award to maintain the tradition of the original Ballon d'Or of specifically honouring a football player from Europe.[13] Eight players (Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paolo Rossi, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, and Kaká) have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, and the Ballon d'Or during their careers.[14] The award shows a bias in favor of attacking players, which has increased in recent decades.[2] Over time, the award has gone to a more exclusive set of leagues and clubs.[2] Prior to 1995, 10 leagues supplied Ballon d'Or winners, whereas only England, Germany, Italy, and Spain have supplied winners since 1995.[2] Spain's La Liga has the most Ballon d'Or winners.[2] Barcelona and Real Madrid have supplied the most Ballon d'Or winners since 1995.[2] In 2020, the Group L'Équipe, to which France Football belongs, decided that no award would be given for the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic cutting short the seasons of football clubs worldwide.[15]

Winners Key This indicates the Ballon d'Or winning player also won the FIFA World Player of the Year or The Best FIFA Men's Player award in the same year (available in 1991–2009 and from 2016)

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Lionel Messi with six awards has won the most Ballons d'Or in history.

Michel Platini, pictured with the 1985 Ballon d'Or, won the award three times in succession.

George Weah was the first non-European player to win the award.

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Lev Yashin is the only goalkeeper to win the award.

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Player

Team

Points

Ballon d'Or (1956–2009)

1956

1st

Stanley Matthews

Blackpool

47

2nd

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Real Madrid

44

3rd

Raymond Kopa[note 1]

Real Madrid

33

1st

Alfredo Di Stéfano[note 2]

Real Madrid

72

2nd

Billy Wright

Wolverhampton Wanderers

19

Duncan Edwards

Manchester United

Raymond Kopa

Real Madrid

1st

Raymond Kopa

Real Madrid

71

2nd

Helmut Rahn

Rot-Weiss Essen

40

3rd

Just Fontaine

Reims

23

1st

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Real Madrid

80

2nd

Raymond Kopa[note 3]

Reims

42

3rd

John Charles

Juventus

24

1st

Luis Suárez

Barcelona

54

2nd

Ferenc Puskás

Real Madrid

37

3rd

Uwe Seeler

Hamburger SV

33

1st

Omar Sívori[note 4]

Juventus

46

2nd

Luis Suárez[note 5]

Internazionale

40

3rd

Johnny Haynes

Fulham

22

1st

Josef Masopust

Dukla Prague

65

2nd

Eusébio

Benfica

53

3rd

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

1. FC Köln

33

1st

Lev Yashin

Dynamo Moscow

73

2nd

Gianni Rivera

Milan

55

3rd

Jimmy Greaves

Tottenham Hotspur

50

1st

Denis Law

Manchester United

61

2nd

Luis Suárez

Internazionale

43

3rd

Amancio

Real Madrid

38

1957 3rd

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1st

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16

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1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

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Eusébio

Benfica

2nd

Giacinto Facchetti

Internazionale

59

3rd

Luis Suárez

Internazionale

45

1st

Bobby Charlton

Manchester United

81

2nd

Eusébio

Benfica

80

3rd

Franz Beckenbauer

Bayern Munich

59

1st

Flórián Albert

Ferencváros

68

2nd

Bobby Charlton

Manchester United

40

3rd

Jimmy Johnstone

Celtic

39

1st

George Best

Manchester United

61

2nd

Bobby Charlton

Manchester United

53

3rd

Dragan Džajić

Red Star Belgrade

46

1st

Gianni Rivera

Milan

83

2nd

Luigi Riva

Cagliari

79

3rd

Gerd Müller

Bayern Munich

38

1st

Gerd Müller

Bayern Munich

77

2nd

Bobby Moore

West Ham United

70

3rd

Luigi Riva

Cagliari

65

1st

Johan Cruyff

Ajax

116

2nd

Sandro Mazzola

Internazionale

57

3rd

George Best

Manchester United

56

1st

Franz Beckenbauer

Bayern Munich

81

Gerd Müller

Bayern Munich

Günter Netzer

Borussia Mönchengladbach

1st

Johan Cruyff[note 6]

Barcelona

96

2nd

Dino Zoff

Juventus

47

3rd

Gerd Müller

Bayern Munich

44

1st

Johan Cruyff

Barcelona

116

2nd

Franz Beckenbauer

Bayern Munich

105

3rd

Kazimierz Deyna

Legia Warsaw

35

1st

Oleg Blokhin

Dynamo Kyiv

122

2nd

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1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

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2nd

Franz Beckenbauer

Bayern Munich

42

3rd

Johan Cruyff

Barcelona

27

1st

Franz Beckenbauer

Bayern Munich

91

2nd

Rob Rensenbrink

Anderlecht

75

3rd

Ivo Viktor

Dukla Prague

52

1st

Allan Simonsen

Borussia Mönchengladbach

74

2nd

Kevin Keegan[note 7]

Hamburger SV

71

3rd

Michel Platini

Nancy

70

1st

Kevin Keegan

Hamburger SV

87

2nd

Hans Krankl[note 8]

Barcelona

81

3rd

Rob Rensenbrink

Anderlecht

50

1st

Kevin Keegan

Hamburger SV

118

2nd

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Bayern Munich

52

3rd

Ruud Krol

Ajax

41

1st

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Bayern Munich

2nd

Bernd Schuster[note 9]

Barcelona

34

3rd

Michel Platini

Saint-Étienne

33

1st

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Bayern Munich

106

2nd

Paul Breitner

Bayern Munich

64

3rd

Bernd Schuster

Barcelona

39

1st

Paolo Rossi

Juventus

115

2nd

Alain Giresse

Bordeaux

64

3rd

Zbigniew Boniek[note 10]

Juventus

39

1st

Michel Platini

Juventus

110

2nd

Kenny Dalglish

Liverpool

26

3rd

Allan Simonsen[note 11]

Vejle BK

25

1st

Michel Platini

Juventus

110

2nd

Jean Tigana

Bordeaux

57

3rd

Preben Elkjær[note 12]

Hellas Verona

48

1st

Michel Platini

Juventus

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122

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1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

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2nd

Preben Elkjær

Hellas Verona

71

3rd

Bernd Schuster

Barcelona

46

1st

Igor Belanov

Dynamo Kyiv

84

2nd

Gary Lineker[note 13]

Barcelona

62

3rd

Emilio Butragueño

Real Madrid

59

1st

Ruud Gullit[note 14]

Milan

106

2nd

Paulo Futre[note 15]

Atlético Madrid

91

3rd

Emilio Butragueño

Real Madrid

61

1st

Marco van Basten

Milan

129

2nd

Ruud Gullit

Milan

88

3rd

Frank Rijkaard[note 16]

Milan

45

1st

Marco van Basten

Milan

129

2nd

Franco Baresi

Milan

80

3rd

Frank Rijkaard

Milan

43

1st

Lothar Matthäus

Internazionale

2nd

Salvatore Schillaci

Juventus

84

3rd

Andreas Brehme

Internazionale

68

1st

Jean-Pierre Papin

Marseille

141

Dejan Savićević

Red Star Belgrade

Darko Pančev

Red Star Belgrade

Lothar Matthäus

Internazionale

1st

Marco van Basten

Milan

98

2nd

Hristo Stoichkov

Barcelona

80

3rd

Dennis Bergkamp

Ajax

53

1st

Roberto Baggio

Juventus

2nd

Dennis Bergkamp[note 17]

Internazionale

83

3rd

Eric Cantona

Manchester United

34

1st

Hristo Stoichkov

Barcelona

210

2nd

Roberto Baggio

Juventus

136

3rd

Paolo Maldini

Milan

109

2nd

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137

42

142

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1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

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Milan

144

Jürgen Klinsmann[note 19]

Bayern Munich

108

3rd

Jari Litmanen

Ajax

67

1st

Matthias Sammer

Borussia Dortmund

144

2nd

Ronaldo[note 20]

Barcelona

143

3rd

Alan Shearer[note 21]

Newcastle United

107

1st

Ronaldo

Internazionale

222

2nd

Predrag Mijatović

Real Madrid

68

3rd

Zinedine Zidane

Juventus

63

1st

Zinedine Zidane

Juventus

244

2nd

Davor Šuker

Real Madrid

68

3rd

Ronaldo

Internazionale

66

1st

Rivaldo

Barcelona

219

2nd

David Beckham

Manchester United

154

3rd

Andriy Shevchenko[note 23]

Milan

1st

Luís Figo[note 24]

Real Madrid

197

2nd

Zinedine Zidane

Juventus

181

3rd

Andriy Shevchenko

Milan

1st

Michael Owen

Liverpool

176

2nd

Raúl

Real Madrid

140

3rd

Oliver Kahn

Bayern Munich

114

1st

Ronaldo

Real Madrid

169

2nd

Roberto Carlos

Real Madrid

145

3rd

Oliver Kahn

Bayern Munich

110

1st

Pavel Nedvěd

Juventus

190

2nd

Thierry Henry

Arsenal